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This story was told to me by my Dad:
Back in the old days,there were what was called panters in the mountains near mellow valley,now a panter is what you would call a mountain lion or puma these days,they would weigh somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 to 300 lbs.Now thats a big old cat in anyones book.Any way,your uncle willie,your grandma's brother,was ask late one evening,to go to the store to pick up some chewing tobacco or snuff for his mama,your great grandma on your grandma's side of the family,now stores were not on every block back then as they are now,and uncle willie had to walk about five miles one way to get to one.He walked to the store,not in any particular hurry,got the snuff or tobacco and dawdled around a little,talking to this one and that one,and pretty soon,he noticed that it was getting late in the afternoon,so he said his so longs and fare-thee-wells and headed back toward his house five miles away.He finally noticed that the sun was alarmingly low in the evening sky and decided to pick up his step a little,not wanting to be out in the woods after dark,but the faster he walked,the faster the sun seemed to drop,pretty soon it had dipped below the trees and it was pert nigh dark,so to cheer himself up or just to help his spirits,he let out a great long yowl,listening as it echoed back to him from out of the surrounding forest,this amused him to no end,so he did it again,yyyeeeeooowwweeee! he yelled,and again listened for the echo,only this time,it seemed as if he heard a woman scream instead of his own echo,aarrrooooaahhhhrrgg! it said,Uncle Willie decided to really pick up his step then.But he wanted to make sure that he had heard what he had thought he heard,so just to make sure,he let out another yell,yyeeeooowwweee! he yelled,and sure enough,the scream came back to him aarrrooooaahhhrrrrgg!only to uncle willie,it sounded closer this time than it had before!Uncle Willie began to trot now,but just to make sure he would know where the scream was coming from,he yelled again,yyeeoowweeee!and sure enough AAARRROOOAAHHHRRRGG! came quickly back to his ears,even closer now!Uncle Willie was now in sight of the lamp that was lit and set in a window of his home to help him get there,but he knew that what ever was screaming was only a few feet behind him now! AARROOAAHHHRRRGGG it growled! seeming to uncle willie to be almost at his heels!He yelled now to let his Dad know that somthing was wrong yyyeeeeeooowwwwww! he yelled,and the thing behind him let out a long drawn out growl,AAARRRRGGGGGGggg!It yelled and Uncle Willie,now in a dead run,headed for the front door of his house,he risked a glance over his shoulder as he ran,he could just make out a dim shape in the middle of the road,bounding along in great leaps,Uncle Wille now screamed in fear for his life,for he knew now what was chasing him!It was a great panther of the mountains!A cat O Mount! He could see the figure of his Father in the doorway of his home and he knew that safety was only a few feet away,he ran faster than he had ever ran in his life,he could almost feel the hot breath of the great cat on his neck,faster and faster he ran,his father,realizing what was happening,had his rifle out and pointed it up in the air and fired,Uncle Willie fell into the door way of his home,safe! the cat decided to head for the woods and as far as i know,has never been seen in Mellow Valley again.This is the end of the story of "Uncle Willie and the Cat O Mount"
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